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When is TSA security busiest at BNA?
TSA's counts over 175 days, 22 March to 24 October 2026, put BNA's busiest hour at 6 am, with the counts falling away after 5 pm. Nashville (BNA) publishes a live wait time at flynashville.com; its terms do not let another site show it, so this page carries no number for right now.
How busy BNA security usually is
People screened per hour at each checkpoint, averaged over 175 days of TSA counts, 22 March to 24 October 2026. Green is that checkpoint's quiet hours, red its peak. Find your checkpoint and look along the row for green.
| Checkpoint | 4a | 6a | 8a | 10a | 12p | 2 pm, now | 4p | 6p | 8p | 10p | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNA Central |
Tap a cell for its count.
Quiet for this checkpointIts busiest hourclosed or no count
On the counted days BNA screened passengers from 3 am to 7 pm. Across BNA the busiest hour is 6 am and the counts fall away after 5 pm. BNA Central peaks at 6 am. TSA counts people, not minutes, so this shows when a checkpoint is loaded, not how long you will stand in it.
Which day BNA is busiest
Sunday is BNA's busiest day of the week, about 40,000 people screened on an average one, 66 percent more than Tuesday, the quietest.
| Rank | Day | People a day | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunday | 40,158 | 23 |
| 2 | Monday | 34,650 | 23 |
| 3 | Thursday | 34,629 | 23 |
| 4 | Friday | 33,148 | 23 |
| 5 | Wednesday | 28,489 | 25 |
| 6 | Saturday | 24,411 | 23 |
| 7 | Tuesday | 24,244 | 23 |
People screened at BNA on an average day of each kind, from TSA's counts, 22 March to 24 October 2026, with the days around each holiday left out.
Which month BNA is busiest
October was BNA's busiest month in TSA's counts, about 36,000 people a day, 24 percent more than August, the quietest. It is also the latest month counted.
| Rank | Month | People a day | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October | 36,057 | 17 |
| 2 | May | 33,083 | 31 |
| 3 | July | 32,638 | 13 |
| 4 | June | 32,560 | 13 |
| 5 | September | 31,535 | 30 |
| 6 | April | 29,759 | 30 |
| 7 | March | 29,507 | 10 |
| 8 | August | 29,097 | 31 |
People screened at BNA on an average day of each month, holidays included, from TSA's counts, 22 March to 24 October 2026. March, June, July, and October rest on 10, 13, 13, and 17 counted days.
How BNA ran over the holidays
Each day around a holiday against the same day of the week in the three weeks either side, so the season does not read as the holiday. Thanksgiving and Christmas 2026 are not in TSA's counts yet; they run to 24 October 2026.
Memorial Day 2026
Thursday 21 to Tuesday 26 May: the busiest day was Monday 25 May, 40,785 people, 11 percent above the Mondays around it. Sunday 24 May was the lightest for its day of the week, 11 percent below the Sundays around it.
Labor Day 2026
Thursday 3 to Tuesday 8 September: the busiest day was Monday 7 September, 41,069 people, 19 percent above the Mondays around it. Sunday 6 September was the lightest for its day of the week, 29 percent below the Sundays around it.
Questions people ask
How busy is Nashville airport today?
Nashville publishes today's live wait at flynashville.com; this page does not carry it. By TSA's counts 2 pm is usually one of the busiest hours at BNA, about 2,000 people an hour across its checkpoints against 2,500 at the 6 am peak. On a normal day BNA screens about 32,000 people, 26th of the 432 airports TSA counts; its largest checkpoint is BNA Central.
When is TSA security at BNA quietest?
Over the 175 counted days, 22 March to 24 October 2026, BNA checkpoints screened the most people at 6 am. Between the rushes the counts are lowest at 10 am, and they fall away after 5 pm. Each row of the map above is one checkpoint scaled to its own peak, so its green hours are the ones to aim for. Counts say when a checkpoint is loaded, not how long the line is.
What time does TSA open at BNA?
Over the 175 counted days, 22 March to 24 October 2026, BNA screened passengers from 3 am to 7 pm. These are the hours TSA counted people, not BNA's published checkpoint hours. Check the airport's own page before an early flight.
What is the busiest day of the week at BNA?
Sunday is BNA's busiest day of the week, about 40,000 people screened on an average one, 66 percent more than Tuesday, the quietest. Averaged over 163 days of TSA counts, 22 March to 24 October 2026, with the days around each holiday left out.
Which month is busiest at BNA?
October was BNA's busiest month in TSA's counts, about 36,000 people a day, 24 percent more than August, the quietest. It is also the latest month counted. Averaged over 175 days of TSA counts, 22 March to 24 October 2026. March, June, July, and October rest on 10, 13, 13, and 17 counted days.
How busy does BNA get on a holiday weekend?
Memorial Day 2026, Thursday 21 to Tuesday 26 May: the busiest day was Monday 25 May, 40,785 people, 11 percent above the Mondays around it. Sunday 24 May was the lightest for its day of the week, 11 percent below the Sundays around it. Labor Day 2026, Thursday 3 to Tuesday 8 September: the busiest day was Monday 7 September, 41,069 people, 19 percent above the Mondays around it. Sunday 6 September was the lightest for its day of the week, 29 percent below the Sundays around it. Each day is set against the same day of the week in the three weeks either side. Thanksgiving and Christmas 2026 are not in TSA's counts yet; they run to 24 October 2026.
Does BNA publish a live TSA wait time?
Yes, at flynashville.com, the airport's own site. Its terms do not let another site show it, so this page carries no number and never predicts one: flynashville.com is where to look before you leave.
Does PreCheck have a shorter line at BNA?
This page has no lane-by-lane wait time for BNA; flynashville.com publishes the airport's own. TSA's counts are per checkpoint and do not separate PreCheck from standard lanes; the map above shows when each checkpoint is loaded, whichever lane you join.
Other airports
Every covered airport, ranked by its line right now, is on the national page, with the airports that have no live number here under it. The busiest airports by people screened lists every code TSA counts.
ATL, BOS, BWI, CLE, CLT, DAL, DCA, DFW, DTW, EWR, IAH, JAX, JFK, LGA, MCO, MIA, MSP, PHL, PHX, PIT, SEA, SFO, SLC
Where the numbers come from
- Wait times
- Nashville publishes them at flynashville.com. Its terms do not let another site show it, so waittimes.io does not read the page.
- Usual busyness
- TSA's own hourly passenger counts per checkpoint, published weekly in its FOIA reading room. This page uses 175 days of counts, 22 March to 24 October 2026. Public domain.
- Who reads them
- Arcane Digital, which runs waittimes.io, reads every feed every 10 minutes with its own collector and stores the time of each read. The day's reads are checked every night for a feed that has stopped or thinned, and one person reads that report the next morning. Nobody types a number in.
- What we never do
- Predict a wait in minutes, or show an old number as if it were current.
- Every feed
- How each one is read, the TSA counts and who to write to: the sources page.